Re: Medicare

I rather doubt that's the reason....with the draft they want
something out of you; with SS and Medicare, they have to fork out to
you. I think it's just plain old gov't. rigmarole. You have to sign
up for SS by a certain date after you become 65 even if you don't
plan on retiring and collecting it until later. Makes NO sense to
me. Maybe it's just part of the big brother is watching you
syndrome, which seems to be getting worse and worse with each passing
day.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
Shadyside Garden Designs
> > by a specific date, you get penalized. Huh? Same if you don't
sign
> > up for either SS or Medicare by a certain age. I do NOT get the
> > point here.
>
> Could it be that they don't want to be accused of discrimination?
18 yr old
> men must sign up for the draft by a certain date or be penalized.
>
> Re> If the surplus that used to exist had been
> > invested and kept in the fund instead of spent on other stuff by
> > every administration since inception, there wouldn't be a pending
> > funding problem IMO.
>
> My thoughts exactly. I always wondered why they were allowed to
plunder SS.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Z5
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 7:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Medicare
>
>
> > Our leader's singular grasp of our common language clarifies why
the
> > prescription portion of Medicare is so completely unintelligible.
> >
> > The part I have never understood is that if you don't sign up for
it
> > by a specific date, you get penalized. Huh? Same if you don't
sign
> > up for either SS or Medicare by a certain age. I do NOT get the
> > point here.
> >
> > I've read the info. on prescription drugs several times and have
yet
> > to make any real sense of it. Trust our government to create a
> > program that defies comprehension. I have got to deal with this
on
> > account of my DH, so can't ignore it:-(
> >
> > I do clearly see how the prescription drug programs will increase
the
> > bottom line of the providers of the plans but am not so sure
they'll
> > reduce that of the participants.
> >
> > The only 'red' that I see in our leader's proposal, so cogently
> > stated below, is the ink on my bottom line. I've paid a wad for
SS
> > over the past 50 years. If the surplus that used to exist had
been
> > invested and kept in the fund instead of spent on other stuff by
> > every administration since inception, there wouldn't be a pending
> > funding problem IMO.
> >
> > Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> > mtalt@hort.net
> > Shadyside Garden Designs
> > > Recently some of you on the list said you were slogging through
the
> > new
> > > medicare choices. I received the following explanation from
someone
> > when
> > > it first came out but deleted it. I'm glad to say that my
sister
> > just
> > > sent it to me again and I thought it might be of some help to
you.
> > >
> > > Kitty
> > > > > President Bush Explains Medicare Drug Bill > >
> > >
> > > > > WOMAN IN AUDIENCE: "I don't really understand. How is the
new
> > plan going to fix the problem?"
> > >
> > > > > PRESIDENT BUSH: (Verbatim response) > > "Because the -- all
> > which is
> > > on the table begins to address the big cost drivers. For
example,
> > how
> > > benefits are calculated, for example, is on the table. Whether
or
> > not
> > > benefits rise based upon wage increases or price increases.
There's
> > a
> > > series of parts of the formula that are being considered. And
when
> > you
> > > couple that, those different cost drivers, affecting those --
> > changing
> > > those with personal accounts, the idea is to get what has been
> > promised
> > > more likely to be -- or closer delivered to that has been
promised.
> > Does
> > > that make any sense to you? It's kind of muddled. Look, there's
a
> > series
> > > of things that cause the -- like, for example, benefits are
> > calculated
> > > based upon the increase of wages, as opposed to the increase of
> > prices.
> > > Some have suggested that we calculate -- the benefits will rise
> > based
> > > upon inflation, supposed to wage increases. There is a reform
that
> > would
> > > help solve the red if that were put into effect. In other
words,
> > how
> > > fast benefits grow, how fast the promised benefits grow, if
those
> > -- if
> > > that growth is affected, it will help on the red."
> > >
> > >
> > > Forward this to others -- so they, too, can understand...
> > >
> > >
> >
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